StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1
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Until now only cases 357+ (plus a few older ones) had their linked URLs fetched; the other 252 dossiers held just the text pasted into the spreadsheet, often only the lede. This pass fetches every linked URL for those cases so the full text is on file before link rot takes it. - stage_all.py: new --include-sheet-cases flag that lifts the skip on cases holding spreadsheet articles. Resumable as before. - staging/: raw extracts and index.json for the 252 cases. - sourced-articles.json, case-files-manifest.json: 188 new UNTRIMMED blocks. 179 cases gained at least one fetched article; 73 got none (49 BLOCKED, 18 THIN, 9 DEAD, 4 video/social, 3 ERROR). - sources/*.txt: rebuilt with build_cases.py --all. Sheet pastes are kept; fetched blocks sit beside them under the NOT YET TRIMMED banner. Files previously committed with CRLF are now LF. - wayback-availability.json: Wayback snapshots exist for 73 of the 98 failed URL slots; input for an archive-fetch pass. - README-START-HERE.md: progress note and next step. verify_all.py PASSES (1836 checks). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 002 | Amanda McCollum | January 3, 2015 | USA
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 2
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date January 3, 2015
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original_date January 3, 2015
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year 2015
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month 1
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quarter 2015-Q1
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victim Amanda McCollum
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location Atlanta, Georgia
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country USA
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scenario Armed Robbery in Public Space
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description BTM thieves strike smoke shop, fire gun
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kidnappings 0
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violence_torture 0
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 1
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theft 0
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted (null)
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coin_type (null)
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reports CT
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notes A Bitcoin ATM was stolen. Seems like the suspecs were there before, asking questions about the ATM
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Amanda McCollum
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**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
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**Attack Method:** Armed Robbery in Public Space
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**Violence Used:** Firearms
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**Crypto Stolen:** No theft completed
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**Status:** Investigation ongoing
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://cointelegraph.com/news/stupidity-or-greed-why-steal-bitcoin-atm
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 3: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source CT
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URL https://cointelegraph.com/news/stupidity-or-greed-why-steal-bitcoin-atm
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 3, column "Articles"
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Length 1,985 chars
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Bitcoin ATM Thieves Strike Atlanta Smoke Shop
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Nov 4, 2015 at 22:11 UTC
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Updated Nov 5, 2015 at 12:39 UTC
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A smoke shop in Atlanta, Georgia, was robbed of its bitcoin ATM during a brazen heist this week.
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According to a report provided to CoinDesk by the Atlanta Police Department, the Village Smoke Shop on Juniper Street had its Lamassu bitcoin ATM stolen at approximately 10:45 PM EDT on Tuesday night.
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Video surveillance of the incident was published earlier today.
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The incident report notes:
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“When the suspects were confronted by employees, one of the suspects brandished a handgun and fired one into the floor of the business before fleeing with the machine. The suspects were observed entering a late 1980s model red Chevrolet Caviler [sic] with an unknown license plate.”
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The video depicts an initial struggle to remove the ATM, which store manager Amanda McCollum says was bolted down to a table. The firearm’s discharge sparked a moment of panic in the store, as shown in the video.
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McCollum – who confronted the robbers – said that she initially thought they were reacting to a problem with the machine itself. After the round was fired, McCollum said, those involved fled out and behind the building with the ATM, where a getaway vehicle was waiting. The Atlanta police incident report notes that two additional suspects were waiting in the car.
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“[He] shoots the floor, and with the machine walks around back of the shop to the getaway vehicle that was parked behind our back alley and drives off with it,” she told CoinDesk.
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Those behind the incident may have been planning the heist for some time. According to McCollum, two individuals came to the store last week and asked questions about the bitcoin ATM. The individuals later stole a wallet from the store’s office.
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A representative for the Atlanta Police Department said that so far, there are no indications as to who was behind the robbery.
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“Currently there are no leads in this case,” the department said in an email.
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ARTICLE 2
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Source CT
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URL (no URL recorded for this column)
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 3, column "Article 2"
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Length 2,743 chars
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Stupidity or Greed? Why Steal Bitcoin ATM?
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On November 3, two robbers stole a Lamassu Bitcoin ATM at the Village Smoke Shop in Atlanta, Georgia, according to local news website Clatl.com.
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On November 3, two robbers stole a Lamassu Bitcoin ATM at the Village Smoke Shop in Atlanta, Georgia, according to local news website Clatl.com.
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According to Atlanta’s Police Detective Scott Bowers, the thieves got away with Bitcoin ATM (also called BTM) filled with about US$2,000 as it was recently emptied. What’s more is that one of the perpetrators fired a gun shot, though luckily no one was injured.
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It seems that the thieves wanted to get their hands on this machine in particular. Amanda McCollum, an employee in Midtown's Village Smoke Shop, witnessed the crime. She saw that the suspects “walked in, went straight to [the Bitcoin ATM], took it and only it, and walked out.”
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However, stealing a Bitcoin ATM is not a good idea. While a Lamassu Bitcoin ATM itself is valued at US$7,000, the criminals would not be able to re-sell it because it is registered to the buyer with serial numbers linking them to the original owners. Moreover, no one except the owner will be able to get any bitcoins from the machines while most BTMs don’t hold a lot of cash inside as a rule.
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Nevertheless, one must be cautious when installing a small BTM in the shop and security measures must be taken to prevent theft.
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Co-Founder of CoinOutlet Bitcoin ATM, Eric Grill, told Cointelegraph:
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“Thieves see these as machines that have a lot of cash in them just like a traditional ATM machine which obviously they are not. You need to make the machines very difficult to steal. This is exactly why having a small lightweight machine that is a vault for cash is a bad idea. One of the reasons CoinOutlet went with a large heavy model is based on years of experience with traditional ATMs where people would snatch and grab them making the almost impossible for anyone to steal. This incident is less about Bitcoin ATM. They are steel enclosures so they also aren't easy to get into and we also have a vault inside to protect the cash.”
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While this is the first case of a BTM robbery in the US, it is not the first. In the beginning of year, Cointelegraph reported how two BTMs were stolen in Amsterdam in one swoop. One of these machines was a two-way BitAccess BTM from Thai restaurant and the second was a one-way General Bytes BATMtwo from a local cafe, which also served a dual role as the Bitcoin Embassy Amsterdam.
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“We will just need to be a bit more selective on where exactly to place them,” said the owner of the General Bytes BTM, Martin Wismeijer, who’s also known as Mr.Bitcoin. “On top of that, newly placed BTM's will all be insured against theft.”
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED]
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!! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture,
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!! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through.
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!! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case.
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Source cointelegraph.com
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URL https://cointelegraph.com/news/stupidity-or-greed-why-steal-bitcoin-atm
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:57:12+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs ALL 15 paragraphs, untrimmed
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Length 3,157 chars
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Integrity sha256 ad0777df2e1cea64a8881e047417d1ed188763dc476a0139187bd98d3075a9ec
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Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through.
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Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
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from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Stupidity or Greed? Why Steal Bitcoin ATM?
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Written by Nina Lyonformer writerReviewed by Cyril Gilsonformer editor
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On November 3, two robbers stole a Lamassu Bitcoin ATM at the Village Smoke Shop in Atlanta, Georgia, according to local news website Clatl.com.
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According to Atlanta’s Police Detective Scott Bowers, the thieves got away with Bitcoin ATM (also called BTM) filled with about US$2,000 as it was recently emptied. What’s more is that one of the perpetrators fired a gun shot, though luckily no one was injured.
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It seems that the thieves wanted to get their hands on this machine in particular. Amanda McCollum, an employee in Midtown’s Village Smoke Shop, witnessed the crime. She saw that the suspects “walked in, went straight to [the Bitcoin ATM], took it and only it, and walked out.”
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However, stealing a Bitcoin ATM is not a good idea. While a Lamassu Bitcoin ATM itself is valued at US$7,000, the criminals would not be able to re-sell it because it is registered to the buyer with serial numbers linking them to the original owners. Moreover, no one except the owner will be able to get any bitcoins from the machines while most BTMs don’t hold a lot of cash inside as a rule.
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Nevertheless, one must be cautious when installing a small BTM in the shop and security measures must be taken to prevent theft.
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Co-Founder of CoinOutlet Bitcoin ATM, Eric Grill, told Cointelegraph:
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“Thieves see these as machines that have a lot of cash in them just like a traditional ATM machine which obviously they are not. You need to make the machines very difficult to steal. This is exactly why having a small lightweight machine that is a vault for cash is a bad idea. One of the reasons CoinOutlet went with a large heavy model is based on years of experience with traditional ATMs where people would snatch and grab them making the almost impossible for anyone to steal. This incident is less about Bitcoin ATM. They are steel enclosures so they also aren’t easy to get into and we also have a vault inside to protect the cash.”
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While this is the first case of a BTM robbery in the US, it is not the first. In the beginning of year, Cointelegraph reported how two BTMs were stolen in Amsterdam in one swoop. One of these machines was a two-way BitAccess BTM from Thai restaurant and the second was a one-way General Bytes BATMtwo from a local cafe, which also served a dual role as the Bitcoin Embassy Amsterdam.
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“We will just need to be a bit more selective on where exactly to place them,” said the owner of the General Bytes BTM, Martin Wismeijer, who’s also known as Mr.Bitcoin. “On top of that, newly placed BTM’s will all be insured against theft.”
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Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph’s Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 002
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